HP Slate 7 vs Microsoft Surface 2
General Info
| Manufacturer | |
| HP | Microsoft |
| Announced | |
| February 2013 | September 2013 |
| Status | |
| Available - April 2013 | Available - October 2013 |
| Colors | |
| Black/Silver, Red | Dark Titanium |
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar |
| Dimension | |
|
197.1 x 116.1 x 10.7 mm (7.76 x 4.57 x 0.42 in) |
274.6 x 172.5 x 8.9 mm (10.81 x 6.79 x 0.35 in) |
| Weight | |
| 372 g (13.12 oz) | 675.9 g (23.81.0.32 oz) |
| 2G Network | |
| N/A | No |
| 3G Network | |
| N/A | No |
| Messaging | |
| , Push Mail, EMail, IM | , Push Mail, EMail, IM |
Display
Hardware and OS
| OS | |
| Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) | Microsoft Windows 8.1 RT |
| Processor | |
| Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Cortex-A9 [Similar] | Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 T40 [Similar] |
| GPU | |
| - | ULP GeForce (72 cores) [Similar] |
| RAM | |
| 1 GB [Browse Similar] | 2 GB [Browse Similar] |
| Internal Memory | |
| 8 GB | 32/64 GB storage |
| External Memory | |
| microSD, up to 32 GB | microSD, up to 64 GB |
Camera
Multimedia
| 3.5mm Jack | |
| Radio | |
| No | No |
| Games | |
| Yes + Downloadable | Yes + Downloadable |
| Loud Speaker | |
Connectivity and Data Rate
| GPRS | |
| No | No |
| Edge | |
| No | No |
| 3G | |
| N/A | No |
| Bluetooth | |
| Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR | Yes, v4.0 with A2DP |
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band |
| USB | |
| Yes, microUSB v2.0 | Yes, USB v3.0, USB Host support |
| GPS | |
| - | Yes |
| Browser | |
| HTML | HTML5 |
User Memory
| Internal | |
| 8 GB, 1 GB RAM | 32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM |
| Expandable Storage | |
| microSD, up to 32 GB | microSD, up to 64 GB |
| USB OTG | |
| - | Supported |
Sensors
| Fingerprint | |
| Proximity Sensor | |
| Accelerometer Sensor | |
| NFC | |
Battery
| Type | |
| Non-removable battery | Non-removable Li-Ion battery |
| Capacity | |
| - | - |
| Stand by | |
| - | - |
| Talk Time | |
| Up to 5 h (media) | - |